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rOIIT ROYAL, THURSDAY, JULY S8, ISC J.
ARRIVAL OF DESERTERS FR01 SAVAAYAH.
Several deserters have recently come
in from Savannah, and their reports agree
pretty well as to the condition of things
there.
A Lieutenant iu the Georgia militia
wuo owns property ux oa> uiuiuu, icjmi io
tliat every male inhabitant of the State
between the ages of 17 and 50 Is in the
Confederate service, and those between
sixteen and seventeen, and between fifty
and titty five in the State militia, lie says
there are from fifteen to twenty-five hundred
troops about Savannah. Besides
troops, and women .and children there is
scarcely any one in the city. He Mas
two'ueeks, with his command, under
Gcu. Johnson, having taken the oath for
the defence of the State against invasion.
Other deserters and refugees report
that there is one ram at Savannah?the
Savannah, aud ouejloaling battery?the
Georgia: another, lately landed, is not
lit for dnty; Col. Anderson is in command
of the defences of Savannah; vigorous
measures are in force to prevent desertion
; preparations are being made to
evacuate Atlanta by the removal of machinery,
&c., to Macon and Augusta:
the crops are good, especially corn; there
is a line of fortifications ail round Savannah,
at a distance of tM'o miles, independent
of the forts; soldiers and citizens
are tired of the tvar; there are 2,000 bales
oi cotton at ueorgeiown; *ue greater
portion of the people are reported anxious
for Federal deliverance.
Another deserter, recently arrived, announced
the capture of Atlanta and the
death of Gen. Grant. The latter report
Is already proved foundationless.
ARRITAL OF ESCAPED l \IO\ PRISONERS.
Xarrallvf of their Adventures In the
Confederacy.
The fallowing is the statement of two
soldiers of Hancock's Corps, who were
taken prisoners at Petersburg, and recently
succeeded in making their way to
the fleet of Charleston :
4i Wje were captured Petersburg on
the 17th ot June, anu were tasen ;o
Dawsville, on the way to Georgia. We
escaped from the cars near Columbus,
and took a course for the coast. We
travelled all night, and hid away during
the day, obtaining food from the negroes.
' The negro families are suffering very
much. They were all glad to see us,
would divide their last mouthful with us,
watched for us and gave timely notice of
danger. _
4i We came down the Cooper River, 40
miles, in a small boat, and landed in a
little creek above Hay Island just at daylight
on the 7th inst. We moored our
boat on an old pier, climbed upon the
pier and went to sleep. When we awoke
our boat was gone.
41 Two iron-clads crime iu from picket
duty shortly after daylight. Three otSer
iron-clads are building, but we could not
? .v' |?.t
SC3 DOW neoiij- LUCY ?CIV LUiuyivicu, 0111
the}* had no plating on them. We passed
one wooden gunboat in the night. At
11 o'clock we saw a boat coining to the
pier, when we waded through the m%d
to the woods. We there found negroes
, who took care of us, and at night gave
in a little dug-^ut. and piloted us down
Horse Creek. " Wu then started tor Morris
Island, bat the current carried us out
to sen, and we got to the fleet. The
Daffodil took us on board at 2 A. M.
] "A negro woman said there had be^t
troops brought back to Charieston.
4> Tiic negroes get but very little to cat. '
" We stopped at one house on the |
Orangeburg Road, where were four wo-!
men whose husbands are in the relel j
army. They were very destitute, and ;
say that the people of the South are sick
I and tired of the war. The people thcftii
selves are willing to give up triggers add
| everything if the war will only stop. We
passed ourselves off as Confederate s?li
diets.
| 44 The railroads are very poor, and the
I trains were running only about 10
! ner heur. The runtime crcar and tracks '
are very much wont. Schooners run up i
the Cooper liner, manned entirely by]
negroes.
"Some of tlic prisoners on the car with '
us were from Richmond, and being reI
moved South. They looked very badly, i
"We talKcd with many men ia the army, :
and all saii^they were sick of the war and
would be glad to take the oath of aliegi- j
ance."
' LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
\ew York Dates to the 23d. j
fFr iia the New York Times, July 11]
The news from Gen. Sherman's army, !
which has been somewhat contradictory I
for several days past, is cleared up this
morning by tne advices from robe! sourfoo
n'l.ioli olth/niorh tl.pv rlii nnt mit liini
in possession of Atlanta, as has been re- I
p >rted via Nashville, render it certain i
that his aruiy is south of the Cunttahoochee,
that Johnston is still falling back, !
and that the rebels have iu fact given up j
all hope of saving the city from falling?
into Sherman's hands. Both the Richmond
and Atlanta papers concede this,
j Richmond papers of the l">th, after
(copying verv full accounts of the late
' raid" from Washington papers, go in.tq
j ecstacies over the intelligence, and hopej
fully conclude that Washington or B tiih j
i more is, ere this, in rebel hands, and !
i then proceeded with great gusto to give j
j descriptions of Washington and the lead-;
inir public buildings.
Latest intelligence has been received !
1 in reference to the reported rebel raid i
into Kentucky. The force was variously ,
estimated at from five to fifteen thousand,' j
and was said to have entered Kentucky I
about the 10th inst., via Pound Gap. but!
i Gen. Barbridge. commanding the local,
) forces of that State, entirely discredits f
j the rejxht.
| Advices to the 30th ult, from Mor- j
! ganzia, a strong! v fortified position on '
! the west bank of the Mississippi, about
! midway between Port Hudson and the
! Red River, state that Gen. Canby was
very active in pertecling arrangements
j for military operations in that vicinity.
! Gen. Ullinan, with a large force of colored
troops, had arrived at Morganzia,
i which is to be the base of future opera-;
j tious against the rebel army on the Atcha- i
, falaya Iliver.
i By the arrival at Father Point of
! steamship Damascus from Liverpool, wo
i have advices from that port to the 7th 1
' inst. Rumors unfavorable to Gen. Grant !
| were prevalent in London, and caused a !
I slight improvement in the Confederate
; Iban. The Kearsarge was to leave Cher- i
i bourg on the 5th, to cruise in the chanuel
*%< ? tw'f.G.iniH* TlluW* lC a !*OTU\rf I
I IWl imt'I |'i n X ll^iv io it IVj.rv it I
; that the Yetldo, lately built at Bordeaux
i will be completed at Amsterdam and j
j commanded by Semmcs, and a contrary i
! statement to the effect that this vessel l>e-1
I iongs to the Prussian and not to the Con- .
federale navy. It "is reported that paciilc ]
negotiations were going on between j
Denmark and Prussia, and that, pending j
these, no attack would be made. There t
13 no otlicr news of importance in regard
i to the Danish war.
rfrora the New York Times of Jut r IS.]
There are but a few item* of news frem Gen. 1
' Craft's army of a late date, and th?sc p?>int to'
the r<M>>;e:i;u<r of the conflict. lev date of the
, rep. rt h -aw .?kirnt>hii:^ was p iter -n i:i front
of tkc Nlmh Army ami' :,u Varly assault
was expected aloi?^ the whole li \
Tut: Iistm.!. Iht -i?-?nr K.\?o ?The robe's, if
we may Jn.lae by tho late Rid: nr.rid paper.-, in
; our po?>essti seem to i; ire bet i ah',a* as mm 1:
astonish; d ;.t the raid when lb 7 heard of it as
the people (?f the North v> ro w "ieu it occur td.
' Th'\v are. of course, rath.r hilar' a:- over it, an !
over the panic it caused in the border. lint they
, evident'y knew little or nothing about it before
1 La:al, which, v. e think, L-aproot that the tornengaged
iu it \\?s not very 1 normous, and perhaps.
also, that the w hole il.ti;; wu undertaken
?n the sniir of the momrnt. W h 'l Kwell found
that Geu. Hunter had retired front Lynchburg.
0. enure. both lien#. Lev and Lv- L wohiuj ike i.?
take Washington, even though they could have
held itbntaciav: bet we d> nr.f b-Teve th - invading
party lea Richmond with any such prospect.
[From the Richmond V. h:g.]
The situation in Georgia is not so fuvt r..We as
we could wish. Gen. Johnston is eith- r unab ;
do make up his mind to field or unwilling to ri-k
a general engagement which shall not certainly
result in a victory more decisive than i.? c, Loaur^gard
or any other Coufetkme Genet el lu.s
achieved. Tiie Atlanta |ntj>crs teem to be snti-:tied
that Gen. Johnston win give up that imp *ztant
city without a struggle.
l [From the K-'chmoud Dispatch. July 1;.]
\ GnvriNK Yavkr iNiwiiY.?t. Semmes. save
that Witt-low h id covered h> -hip with chain ari
mor, attd then nailed ph.uksover it, to gi\e it the
appearance of a wood... ship, while. iu fact, it
was an inn-clad. After learning ih:s. v. r no
longer wondered at the in?t.ai i:r.e*".i? proniotkm
of Winslow. It was meet and proper, end alto- j
gather iu keening, that an infamous Government
should reward au infamous renegade for perpetrating
the most'infamous fraud that w as evepracticed
upon the high se..s. A rew%d from
Lincoln would hr a disgrace to any man who
already beyond di&racc. ilad such a
fott! advantaireVtai taken over. nc luiiaht by another
in the day? of chivalry, the perpetrator
would have had his spars hacked oft by ine comlijau
hangman,' his arms reversed, his name
stricken irom the roll of honor, aud his carcase
stretch -d by the neck between ? en tr J earth, until
the birds 01 the air had torn his ey s from their
sockets. What must be the sense of honor of
that Government which can encourage such,
dar.tuin^ infamy in its officers ?
By TUti Pbesuknt ?* the 1";.iro Statcs or
Amxrm*:
A filth LAMATI(?X. |
V.*As;iiN.iTON, July is. 1SJ4?H7br?w, bv the
Act. approved July J, l.^J, entitled -An Act fur- I
;h -r to r.a?nlate and provide for the eurolhi ? and !
callim; out the National forces, and for other per- I
l>oses," it is provided that the "n s.deiit 01' the
raited States may, at his discrete* a at any lime
hereafter, call fir any nttnsber.f mc a a# volunteers,
tor the respective terms of on?, two. and
three years lor military service, and ''that, in
case the quota or any part thereof, o! any town,
township, ward of a city, prcclhct ?r election district.
or of a randy. not so sub-divided shall not
be Riled withih the space of 11 ty day s after such :
call, then the I "resident shall immediately order i
a draft h r one ye ar to illi sach quota, or any part ;
thereof v.hith ntay be unfilled.
And tchirr-jx the no.v enrollment heretofore
ordered i* so I;ir oompK iva ns in it u:e niorriuvn* i
tinned act of Congress may now i e put in opera- i
tiou fur recruiting anil keeping up the strength of (
the armies in the field for garris i> and mi< h
military operations as may be r.'qnin-d f. r the !
purpose of suppress: ::g the rebellion and restor- ;
iug the authority of the United Mates Govern- j
ment in tlu- insurgent States.
Now, therefore, I, Auuuiau Lrxcot*. President
of the 1'i.ited States, do issue this my. eail for live j
hundred thousand volunteers for the military a-- j
vice, provided, ueverthelesa. that ail credit- which j
tnav be established under kcCou i-ight of the
aforesaid act on account of persons who have !
euten-d the naval service du;ing the present re- [
hellion, and by credits for juwt turni.-hed to the i
-military service iu exoess of tolls heretofore j
made for volunteers, will be accepted under this
call for one. two, or three years, as they may
elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided
by law for the periud of serv ice fo- which they j
enlist ! /
Aii1 hereby proclaim, order and direct, that
immediately after the flth day ol September, !
InJ-1, being fifty days front the ii.j,to of this call, n |
draft for troops, to serve for 01 e year, shall be !
5,, , -v tnm:. rownshin. ward of a city, 1
precinct, election di-trict, or n county not so '
aub-divideJ. to till the quota which aliail be as- j
vigued to :t uuder this scale, or any port thereof, j
which in: y be untitled by volunteers on the said
tilth day txf September. lSoU
Don? at tli? City ol' Washington, the ISth day of I
July, in the year of Our Lord lsot. and ot tho
Independence of the United S: .'.tea the s. :h. ,
[i.. e.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto s. f '
ray hand and caused the sod of the United i
State? to be affixed.
Abraham Lincoln, j
By the President,
W il H. &avasd, Ser'y of State,
Xcw York papers of tho2:M have arrived
here by the Harvest Moon, but
the contain no later news of importance, '
except that.the Federal defeat at Atlanta j
turns out to be a victory, and that Slu r- J
man is reported in Atlanta.
New O.-.-i,. its.?F.t. J. EL McCoy, <
the 10 Uh Penna. Vols., has been nppoiiited
Assistant Provost Marshal General
ot the Department.
Lt. Gregory, of the 1 ttth X. Y. Vols.,
has been ordered to relieve Iu, II. L
Beliee, t-tli U. S. C. T? as Post (>ui:rtermastar.
Lt. Kihvin Fretz, 101th Per no. Vols..
' * > ? 11 . |? ,.,i. i COT
rPU 'VOS lil. Ij. i m:n n . i'ia v , i..
as Boarding Oifieer, during *.he absence
et' the latter at the North.
I.icut Sckullcr. IO'ih Penna. Vols., !iis
' been appointed Assist *Mt Di>tri?'t Provort
j Alarslnd, vice Lieut. Phelps. 9th I . S. L\
! T., who lias returned to ltis regiment.
! LATE I;KEEL NEWS.
(liai-ESTOT KITES TO THE 23IH.
I .
We are iuuelited to Itlnj. Gen. Foster
| for the use of rebel papers t > the 23fii.
From the Charleston Courier of the ih'th
| we extract the following dispatches,
, which look Very much like the cmooth
eriug over oi' a re-be 1 defeat:
j Ati am a. July 22.?About two o'clock
this afternoon the en/my attacked our
. Lit under Stewart. and were received by
' a galling lire Jrou h>th artiiw-ry <uk1 infantry
wuicb ce.us-d iKm to laiter, v. h< u
! the order was given to charge. Our
: troops k it thvir breastwc.rksand charged
; with great gallantly, driving the; enemy
from two lines ot their intrencknunis,
I inflicting infla ting immense slaoghur,
capturing a large number of prisoners
and twenty-two pieces of artillery.
Among the Yankees killed are Gen.
! McPherson, shot through the bead;
j lhig. Gdfi. Giles A. Smith and Yankee
j Gen. flood. Gen. Graham lost a leg.?
pen. llardee^iaving passed round t' o
I enemy's flank, is now in their s\ e.r. doing
} great execution. The lighting still eonI
tiaucs.
Atlanta, July 2d.?Gv-n. Walker last
evening attacked the enemy's left in the
neighborhood of Dec atur and drove him
back, capturing five hundred wagons
loaded with supplies and a large number
| of prisoners.. He is still pursuing.?
Tluftv was m rv little fighting aft. r dark
yesterday. Two thousand prisoners, including
seventy-live commissioned officer.,
twenty-five pieces of ar;il!ery and
seven stand of colors have been brought
in. The losses on eithi r side are no! yet
known. Ours was severe in officer?.?
Comparative quiet reigns this morning.
Si.me little skirmishing is going on on
our left. "
Hn iimoxi), July 2.1.?The following
official dispatch was received at the War
Department at noon to-day:
llear>^r\i:rktts. Atlanta. July 22,
Hi P. -M.?To the Secretary of War:?
This army shifted its position fronting on
Peach Tree Creek las: night, and Stewart
and Cheatham a corps formed in line ot
battle around the city. Hardee's corps
made a night march and attacked the
enemy's extreme left to-dav, about one
i- i- ?-?? ?.:?
OCiui'K. iit^ urine uiiJi iroiii in?* wuihN
capturing sixteen pieces of artillery and
five stand of colors. Cheatham attacked
the enemy, capturing tix pieces of artillery.
Daring the engagement we captured
about two thousand prist tiers.?
Wheeler's cavalry, routed tlie enemy in
the neighborhood ol Decatur, capturing
his camps.
Our loss is cot yet fully ascertained.
Major-General Walker was killed, add
Brigadier1 Generals Smith, Gist, and
Mercer were wounded. Prisoners rej>ort
MePherson killed. Our troops fought
with great gallantry.
fSiaued) J. B. Iloon, General.
O '
Arrival of Sanitary Goods roh tin:
New York. Soldiers.?A short lime
since Mt. J. D. Iiightmyc-r, Military
Agent of the State of Xcw York, r.rrlv! it
here with as large a quantity of vegetables
as transportation eoulil be procured
for. Tlte shipment included 50 .barrels
of onions, 50 barrels potatoes, 20 barrels
turnips,;) hogsheads and 7 casks of sour
krout, and 22 boxes of beets. Every aid
1 was afforded hint here, '03* Medical DirecI
tor C lymer, and other medical aulhori|
ties, in the distribution of the atlielcs in
; fair proportion, among -.ill the New York
! regiments in the Departnu nt. Tl;c distribution
in tins District was made by the
! aid ol Surgeon Dalrymple and at
: Morris and Folly Islands by Mr. Kigbt;
raver in pe rson. These goods were from
r Hi'- New York State Soldiers' ik*pot, ;>??
: & o-J Howard vtract.?soldier's entrance,
\ 10 Mcrtfe'r S?r?ct. The Invtlnition is un